"I think people who question Meng doesn't qualify for the Defensive Player of the Year can shut up." After the end of the first half, when Meng Xu's technical statistics were obtained, Barkley's whole person was not good, 10 points, 8 rebounds, 6 steals, 7 blocks, 3 assists, almost 5 * 5 data, you must know that even Barkley's teammate, known as the king of 5 * 5 Olajuwon, has not played such data in the playoffs.

"Charles, why do I think you're talking about yourself?" Barkley's commentary partner for this game unceremoniously revealed Barkley's shortcomings, and yesterday the fat man also made a big fuss in the media, thinking that Meng Xu was not worthy of this award.

"Oh, Stephen, you can't do that, it's a live game in the United States." Barkley, who has always been cheeky, was also a little embarrassed at this time after his shortcomings were exposed.

"Haha, Charles actually blushes? Okay, let's change the subject, Meng is definitely an underrated player, it's really unbelievable, with Meng's performance this season, even the top 5 signings are no problem. Barkley's partner Stephen continued with Barkley's words. This season has definitely had the fewest quality rookies in recent years, and no player has yet shown the potential to be a superstar in his rookie season like some of the players in previous seasons.

"I formally apologize to Meng for my remarks yesterday." As a famous big mouth in the league, after the best defensive player of the season was released, Barkley fired at the league again, in an interview with reporters, Barkley said that Meng Xu is just a soft egg, not worthy of the award of the best defensive player at all, and also vaguely bombarded a certain chairman is raised by X, only the so-called market and interests in his eyes, and the NBA league will be yellow in his hands sooner or later. In Barkley's heart, the biggest black hand who failed to fulfill his wish was David Stern, if this guy hadn't been hacking his own team, Barkley would have gotten the ring a long time ago.

"Charles, I don't think your apology is sincere at all, you'd better express your apology to Meng in person after the match." Barkley's partner is also not a big deal to see the excitement, in case Meng Xu is a violent temper, the two may fight when they meet, you must know that in this game, Meng Xu and his teammates look at the commentary seat is very bad. And Meng Xu's big kill on the defensive end of this game is obviously a response to Barkley's remarks yesterday.

"Okay, let's watch the game." As soon as the players from both sides started to come on the pitch, Barkley immediately shifted the conversation to the pitch, fearing that he would have to say something embarrassing to his partner.

After the start of the second half of the game, the Suns' players obviously changed in terms of mental state, I don't know what head coach Scott Skells said to them in the locker room, and the Suns outside who had begun to avoid Meng Xu in the second half of the second quarter had confidence again after the game started.

Hardaway is still the same as in the first half and still tirelessly entangled with Meng Xu to create opportunities for teammates, in the second quarter of the game, the Suns were fully suppressed by the Spurs, and several backcourt players of the Suns took turns, but they still couldn't change the situation of the game, and by the end of the second quarter, several bench players of the Suns basically had no fighting spirit, only Hardaway and Kidd never gave up, still making the last effort and struggle.

"Damn knees." Hardaway, who has never been able to get rid of Meng Xu, scolded in his heart, this game is the first time in Hardaway's career that he has a sense of powerlessness, in the previous season, no matter how difficult the game was, no matter how many injuries he suffered, Hardaway always believed that he could control the game, but in today's game Hardaway found that the rhythm of the game was getting farther and farther away from him.

"You can't just give up." After receiving Kidd's pass, Hardaway risked being injured again and made his signature offensive move, leaning on Meng Xu, making a feint of a left-handed dribble breakthrough, after seeing that Meng Xu was unmoved, Hardaway immediately changed his right hand to break through, and then dribbled sideways with a left ** fork and half sideways, and forcibly pushed Meng Xu away, Hardaway did not continue to challenge Duncan and David Robinson on the inside, but quickly put away his steps and hit two points with a pull-up jump shot.

After seeing Hardaway move back two points for the Suns in this extremely morale-boosting way, the Suns' bench was also extremely excited, and the Suns fans on the scene immediately cheered and applauded Hardaway.

After scoring in the same way twice in a row, although the slight momentum on the court was temporarily stopped, after this continuous large change of direction, Hardaway's knee was already overwhelmed, and he endured the slightest pain from his knee, and Hardaway limped back to the backcourt.

"Nice breakaways and shots, it's just that Anferne's situation doesn't look good." While appreciating Hardaway, Barkley on the commentary bench also seemed to notice that Hardaway's body was not good.

After Hardaway succeeded in singleing Meng Xu in a row, the Suns' morale and fighting spirit gradually became high, and Rodney Rodgers, who came off the bench for Kevin Johnson in the second half, actually dared to single Meng Xu, after getting rid of Mario Elie's defense, facing Meng Xu, Rodney Rodgers directly held the ball to meet him. As a player who entered the league in 93, Rodgers is also a veteran, Rodgers, who originally averaged 15+5+3 per game in the Clippers, played the sixth man after being traded to the Suns, and it is not a matter of launching a crazy 20+ in a single quarter.

After coming to the Suns this season, Rodgers' 3-point shooting directly doubled, but not only did the shooting rate not drop, but also reached a career-high 44%.

Just when all the players on the field thought that Rogers' ball could hit without suspense, just after Rogers jumped, Meng Xu, who caught up, rushed up with an extremely amazing bullet speed, and after Rogers reached the highest point of the bounce and paused to shoot, Meng Xu, who was smiling, appeared in front of Rogers, facing Rogers who began to fall, Meng Xu slapped the basketball thrown by Rogers hard.

After landing on the ground, Meng Xu, who looked proud, shook his index finger at Rogers. It was not false to pretend to be struck by lightning at all, and soon Meng Xu got the punishment he deserved, and before Rodgers could break out, the referee on the side blew Meng Xu's technical foul, and at the same time, the whistle was accompanied by the boos of the fans in the audience.

"This guy who doesn't let people worry about it." Seeing the suddenly blue Popovich beside him, Mike Budenholzer hurriedly covered for Meng Xu, in the eyes of Mike Budenholzer, Meng Xu is good, but his brain is always pumping, he likes to provoke the opponent's players in the game, sometimes even the opponent's head coach does not let go, in the two games with the Knicks this season, Meng Xu was almost beaten for provoking the opposing player and the head coach.